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Humberto R. Maturana

Born

in Santiago, Chile

September 14, 1928

Genre

Biology, Philosophy

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Humberto Maturana is a Chilean biologist. Many consider him a member of a group of second-order cybernetics theoreticians such as Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün and Ernst von Glasersfeld.

Maturana, along with Francisco Varela and Ricardo B. Uribe, is particularly known for creating the term "autopoiesis" about the self-generating, self-maintaining structure in living systems, and concepts such as structural determinism and structure coupling. His work has been influential in many fields, mainly the field of systems thinking and cybernetics. Overall, his work is concerned with the biology of cognition ...more

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	The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding by Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela 4.20 avg rating — 1,200 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42) by Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela 4.28 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 1973 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Sentido De Lo Humano 4.35 avg rating — 71 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Being to Doing: The Origins of the Biology of Cognition 4.09 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emociones y lenguaje en educación y pólitica 3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amor Y Juego: Fundamentos Olvidados De Lo Humano Desde El Patriarcado A La Democracia by Humberto R. Maturana, Gerda Verden-Zöller 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origin of Humanness in the Biology of Love by Humberto R. Maturana, Gerda Verden-Zöller, Pille Bunnell (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La objetividad: Un argumento para obligar 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desde la biología a la psicología 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Realidad: ¿Objetiva o Construida? I: Fundamentos biológicos de la realidad 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Love is the grounding of our existence as humans and is the basic emotioning in our systemic identity as human beings.”
― Humberto Maturana

tags: science

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“In a sense it has been my way to transcendental experience: to the discovery that matter metaphorically speaking, is the creation of the spirit (the mode of existence of the observer in a domain of discourse), and that the spirit is the creation of the matter it creates. This is not a paradox, but it is the expression of our existence in a domain of cognition in which the content of cognition is cognition itself. Beyond that nothing can be said.”
― Humberto R. Maturana, Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living

tags: autopoiesis, cognition, self-referential

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“El aprendizaje es una transformación en la convivencia. Y los educandos se transforman en adultos de una clase u otra según hayan vivido esa transformación”
― Humberto R. Maturana

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